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Making Waves

Cruise, Expedition & Travel News, Reviews, Opinions, Deals & More

By Eric Goldring

Regent Seven Seas Voyager – Canceled Cruises and Loose Lips

The other day a well respected and long time naturalist for Regent, Terry Breen, made a comment somewhere that the repairs to the Regent Voyager’s broken azipod could take a month.  This set off a whirlwind of “OMG, my cruise is probably canceled even though Regent Seven Seas hasn’t yet

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Oceania Nautica Cancels Important African Ports of Call

The last few days have been very frustrating and disappointing for a number of my clients who booked the Oceania Nautica’s December 11, 2010 cruise from Capetown, South Africa to Singapore.  The reason is that the ports of Dar El Salaam and Zanzibar in Tanzania and Mombasa, Kenya were cancelled and replaced

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Seabourn Legend – I Never Knew What An Odyssey She Was

Tonight I stumbled across a 1996 news release about Seabourn’s acquisition of the Seabourn Legend from the then failing (now long gone) Royal Cruise Line.  It seems Seabourn has two ships named Odyssey: SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 18, 1996–Seabourn Cruise Line announced today that an agreement has been concluded for its acquisition

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Oceania Marina Has Very Successful Sea Trials

On Friday through Sunday the Oceania Marina was taken out for a spin; ‘er uh, her sea trials.  Reports are she performed admirably maintaining a 22 knot speed and engaging in all the maneuvers required without issue (such as completing time trials, emergency maneuvers, tight 360 degree turns, etc.)  Oceania

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Seabourn Wins Over (Former) Diehard Regent Seven Seas Devotees…Again.

I received an email from a client today…a former Regent devotee….who just returned from another Seabourn cruise. She wrote, in part: “[I]n a word – P-E-R-F-E-C-T.   (We have a future open booking)“ I have listened for years about how wonderful Regent Seven Seas was and how, absent a balcony, the Regent

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